Legal coverage of paid maternity leave

Quick info
Data type	Ordinal
Scale	Ordinal
Value labels
Technical name	fam_mat_leave_cov_paid_own
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Label	{{{label}}}
Related indicators	Coverage of voluntary maternity leave scheme

This indicator codes the de jure coverage of paid maternity leave. This indicator is constructed in a way to serve two purposes; firstly to detect exclusion of atypical groups easily, secondly to detect the employees in public sectors.

Coding rules

In case of the existence of multiple parallel maternity leave programs, it codes the summed coverage from multiple parallel programs to give a general overview of the coverage of paid maternity leave in a nation-state. The basic format of this variable is the "numeric index. name of occupation". If maternity protection in a nation-state covers more than one occupation, these formats will be connected with either ";" or "+". ";". The rule of the numeric index follows:

1. Status variable

1.1 residence (i.e. 1.1 resident, 1.1 universal, 1.1 British subject)

1.2 gender, age, marital status, income level (1.2 needy, 1.2 single, 1.2 widow)

1.3 regional information (i.e. 1.3 citizens in Kabur)

1.4 ethnic group (i.e. 1.4 Asian, 1.4 Aborigine)

1.5 beneficiary of the other types of social program (i.e. 1.5 pensioner, 1.5 widow of recipient)

2. Types of employment (especially atypical types of employment)

(i.e. 2. Self-employed, 2. Family workers, 2. Household workers, 2. Irregular workers)

3. Occupational variables (hierarchical structure)

3.1 highest level: employed, unemployed, students/apprentice, religious occupation

3.2 middle level: private sector, public sector

3.3 lowest level (details of the occupation)

3.4 membership of trade union

• in case of an occupational variable, the information is often coded as the combination of different levels (i.e. 3.2 public + 3.3 civil servant, 3.2 public + 3.3 military)

• We always coded only the lowest level of information. If the lowest level (3.3) of occupational information is solely coded, it indicates that only the specific occupational groups are covered. By contrary, if the highest level (3.1 employed) is coded solely, it means all employed people are covered.

Bibliographic info

Citation: Keonhi Son, Tobias Böger, Simone Tonelli, Petra Buhr, Sonja Drobnic, and Johannes Huinick, 2020, “Coding book of historical dataset of maternity leave”, Available at: “URL"

Related publications:

Misc

Project manager(s): Petra Buhr, Sonja Drobnic, Johannes Huinink, Keonhi Son, Simone Tonelli.

Data release:

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Sources

International Labour Organization (1919-). ILO Legislative series, International Labour Organization. Geneva. Retrieved from: https://www.ilo.org/public/libdoc/ilo/P/09607/.